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HSK 1
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  *号* | 号* | *号
(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号, 年號|年号, 遼寧號|辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items
HSK 1
international
HSK 2
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  *国* | 国* | *国
country; nation; state / (bound form) national
HSK 1
to go abroad; to leave the country
HSK 2
whole nation / nationwide / countrywide / national
HSK 2
foreign country
HSK 1
United Nations
HSK 3
the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")
HSK 5
abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign
HSK 1
domestic / internal (to a country) / civil
HSK 3
country; nation; state
HSK 1
to return to one's home country
HSK 2
domestically produced
HSK 6
nationality
HSK 5
Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化 "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国
HSK 6
motherland
HSK 6
nationals / citizens / people of a nation
HSK 5
king
HSK 6
to love one's country / patriotic
HSK 4
National Day
HSK 3
national anthem
HSK 6
(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese decorative knot
People's Republic of China
Chinese Academy of Science
traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
nationalized / public / government owned / state-owned
HSK 7-9
flag (of a country) / CL:
HSK 6
Parliament (UK) / Congress (US) / Diet (Japan) / Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)
HSK 6
state-owned capital (abbr. for 國有資本|国有资本) / state-owned assets (abbr. for 國有資產|国有资产)
host country; host state
Communist Party of China
Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗 in 658
British Broadcasting Corporation / BBC
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  *德* | 德* | *德
Germany / German / abbr. for 德國|德国
Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
(of a product etc) officially sold for the mainland China market
abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党, Chinese Communist Party
one country, two systems (PRC proposal regarding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan)
People's Liberation Army (PLA), the unified armed forces of the People's Republic of China
China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization
national subsidy (abbr. for 國家補貼|国家补贴)
national treasure
HSK 7-9
China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
imperialism
HSK 7-9
gross domestic product (GDP)
sovereign country
empire / imperial
HSK 7-9
Chinese person
China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan)
chess / CL:
G7 (Group of Seven), a forum of seven major advanced economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US
Chinese Dream (i.e. the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation), term associated with Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平
national team
to sinicize / to take on Chinese characteristics
Chinese style / chinoiserie
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝, 65 scrolls
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會|中国共产党中央委员会
The Voice of China, PRC reality talent show
(PRC) national civil service exam (abbr. for 國家公務員考試|国家公务员考试) / (Tw) national examination for civil service recruitment or professional licensing
team building (abbr. for 團隊建設|团队建设) / building camaraderie within the Chinese Communist Youth League 中國共產主義青年團|中国共产主义青年团
internationalism
China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
China Telecom (Chinese company providing mobile phone service)
Central Africa / Central African Republic (abbr. for 中非共和國|中非共和国)
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  *国* | 国* | *国
surname Guo
international airport
president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)
Bank of China (BoC)
the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file
National Supervision Commission of the PRC, anti-corruption agency established in 2018
college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
HSK 6
Germany
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995), wartime predecessor of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那
Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member 1992-2012
father or founder of a nation / Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen)
Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor
United Kingdom (UK); Britain
state-owned enterprise
developing country
to rule according to the law
defense budget
China Daily (an English language newspaper)
splendid / magnificent / abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行, China Everbright Bank
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Republic of China
republic
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
crime of incitement to overthrow the state / abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權|煽动颠覆国家政权
Made in China 2025, strategic plan to upgrade Chinese industry especially in high-tech areas, approved by China's State Council in 2015
late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty
Xi'an International Studies University (XISU)
the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country
HSK 7-9
country with which diplomatic relations are maintained
Chinese cuisine

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